#488DC3#488DC3

#488DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.108 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DC3
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 195)
HSL	hsl(206, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 27.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, -5.09, -34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 34.89, 261.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0465 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.108 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0440, 24.3654, 55.1605)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DC3 #C37E48

analogous

#48C3BB #488DC3 #4850C3

triadic

#488DC3 #C3488D #8DC348

tetradic

#488DC3 #BB48C3 #C37E48 #50C348

square

#488DC3 #BB48C3 #C37E48 #50C348

split-complementary

#488DC3 #C34850 #C3BB48

monochromatic

#244D6D #336D9B #488DC3 #76AAD2 #A4C6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#488DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#488DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DC3

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DC3	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6482C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.108 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed5',
    500: '#488dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dc3;
$custom-light: #86aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.341,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6219,
    "c": 0.10775,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DC3

secondary

#CEB099

accent

#8B4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DC3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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